- Right-click on Materials and choose New.
- Change the Name to 4130 Alloy Steel.
- Make sure Thermal is selected, then enter 40.53 for C (Specific Heat) and 0.00055555 for K (Thermal Conductivity).
- Then under
General enter
150 for
(Reference Temperature).
- Under
Structural enter
7.5e-006 (1/Fahrenheit units) for
(Thermal Expansion Coefficient).
- Also under
Structural enter the structural properties shown in the image below. (They will be used in the Linear Static Thermal Stress Analysis.)
- Click OK.
With heat transfer analysis, the important material properties (thermal conductivity and specific heat) can be input under the
Thermal section. The mass density (
) can be input under the
General section. And there is no need to input any structural properties.